Transforming climate finance and green investment with blockchains / Blockchain Climate Institute ; managing editor: Alastair Marke.

Other author Marke, Alastair editor.
Other author Blockchain Climate Institute (Firm)
Format Electronic
PublicationLondon, United Kingdom : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, 2018.
Description1 online resource
Supplemental ContentProQuest Ebook Central
Subjects
Blockchains (Databases)
Environmental economics.
Blockchains (Databases)
Environmental economics.

Contents Intro; Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; List of Contributors; About the Editors; Managing Editor; Associate Editors; About the Lead Contributors; Guest Foreword; Guest Biography; Editor's Prologue: Blockchain Movement for Global Climate Actions; Interlude I: How to Read This Book; How to Read This Book; Section 1: Scene-Setting -- What's Going On?; Chapter 1. A Conversation with Dr. Kelce Wilson on the Foundations of the Blockchain; Abstract; Chapter 2. A Conversation with Masterminds in Blockchain and Climate Change; Abstract.
Contents 2.1 Unleashing the Potential of Blockchain in Addressing Climate Change; 2.2 Blockchain's Role in Peer-to-peer Energy Trading; 2.3 Closing the Private Finance Gap; 2.4 Restoring Faith in Climate Negotiations; 2.5 Finance 4.0.-Incentivizing a Sharing Economy; 2.6 The Future of Blockchain; References; Chapter 3. Blockchain 101: What is Blockchain and How Does This Revolutionary Technology Work?; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction to Distributed Ledgers; 3.2 Examples of Distributed Ledgers; 3.3 The Four Main Use Cases of Distributed Ledgers; 3.4 Challenges and Road Ahead; 3.5 Conclusion.
Contents Chapter 4. Decoding the Current Global Climate Finance Architecture; Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Scale of Climate Investment Required; 4.3 The State of Climate Finance Post-Paris Agreement; 4.4 Climate Finance Market Observations; 4.5 Barriers for Unlocking Climate Finance; 4.6 Current Climate Finance Instruments to Bridge the "Gap"; 4.7 Problems with Climate Finance Tracking; 4.8 Blockchain-The Trust Machine; References; Interlude II; Section 2: Blockchain for Smarter Renewable Energy Deployment; Section 2. Blockchain for Smarter Renewable Energy Deployment.
Contents Chapter 5. How Blockchain can Democratize Global Energy Supply; Abstract; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Section 1: Blockchain for Energy's Opportunities and Challenges; 5.3 Section 2: Case Studies; 5.4 The Sun Exchange; 5.5 SolarCoin; 5.6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 6. How Blockchains Will Industrialize a Renewable Grid; Abstract; 6.1 From One to Many to Millions; 6.2 Distributed Grid Meets Distributed Computing; 6.3 Financing the Future; 6.4 Some Assembly Required; References; Chapter 7. Efficient Power Markets: Reimagining the Global Market with Ethereum; Abstract.
Contents 7.1 What's Wrong with the Power Market Today-The Birth of Volt Markets7.2 Public Blockchain for Global Power Trends; 7.3 The Vision: Trading Renewable Energy Certificates on a Global Blockchain Platform; 7.4 Design Philosophy for Energy Assets in Peer-to-peer Trading Systems; 7.5 The Rise of New Assets and Market Efficiency; References; Chapter 8. Flexibility Trading Platform-Using Blockchain to Create the Most Efficient Demand-side Response Trading Market; Abstract; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 What is Blockchain?; 8.3 What is DSR?; 8.4 The Need for a Liquid, Efficient Flexibility Market.
General noteIncludes index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionOnline resource; title from PDF title page (ScienceDirect, viewed July 10, 2018).
Issued in other formPrint version: Transforming climate finance and green investment with blockchains. London, United Kingdom : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, 2018 9780128144473 0128144475
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